News & Announcements

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ATTENTION FSM CITIZENS STRANDED ABROAD: You Are Entitled to $1,000 Per Single Adult or $1,500 Per Family Application; Here’s How You Apply

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Wed, Jun 10, 2020 Wed, Jun 10, 2020

Final Decree Amendment to Cut-off Date of Receipt of Absentee Ballots

Wed, Feb 24, 2021

Application for Permit to Importing Live Animals Into FSM

Tue, Nov 6, 2018

President Panuelo & Secretary Wilkie Pay Respects to the Ten FSM Citizens Who Gave the Ultimate Sacrifice in Solemn Wreath-Laying Ceremony

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Press Release

President Panuelo & Secretary Wilkie Pay Respects to the Ten FSM Citizens Who Gave the Ultimate Sacrifice in Solemn Wreath-Laying Ceremony

Sun, Jul 28, 2019 Sun, Jul 28, 2019

FSM Justification for PHED to WHO

Fri, Feb 21, 2020

FSM Outbound Travel Restrictions Completely Lifted; FSM Inbound Travel Restrictions Extended to January 31st, 2021

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https://gov.fm/files/CR_21-228_RC-.pdf

Mon, Nov 30, 2020 Mon, Nov 30, 2020

ATTENTION FSM CITIZENS CURRENTLY IN THE FSM BUT WHO PERMANENTLY RESIDE IN HAWAII OR GUAM: April 13th & April 14th Are the Last Outbound Flights for FSM Citizens for the Foreseeable Future

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Thu, Apr 9, 2020 Thu, Apr 9, 2020

Update ON The Medicaid Restoration

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Wed, Jan 13, 2021

Pohnpei Supreme Court Birth Certificate Request

Thu, Sep 20, 2018

President David W. Panuelo Meets with Secretary Robert Wilkie of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Discusses Supporting Veterans in the Federated States of Micronesia

Washington D.C., May 24, 2019– Near the conclusion of his visit to the United States, His Excellency David W. Panuelo, President of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), met with the Honorable Robert Wilkie, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The two had met earlier at the occasion of His Excellency’s visit to Arlington National Cemetery.

Mon, Jun 3, 2019 Mon, Jun 3, 2019

President Panuelo Meets with Governor Oliver Regarding Repatriation Efforts, Announces Caroline Islands Air Pilot Will Arrive from Kiribati

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Fri, Oct 2, 2020 Fri, Oct 2, 2020

President Panuelo Declares a State of Public Health Emergency to Protect the FSM from the 2019 Coronavirus

Mon, Feb 3, 2020 Mon, Feb 3, 2020

President Panuelo Discusses Caroline Islands Air Flying Domestically in November & Absentee Ballot Voting in Guam & Hawaii with Committee to Wait

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Tue, Oct 27, 2020

Japan Donates $3,700,000 to Support the FSM Fisheries & Maritime Institute

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Mon, Apr 12, 2021 Fri, Apr 16, 2021

Public Charge - Notice

NOTICE TO CITIZENS
of the Federated States of Micronesia

On August 14, 2019, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its final rule ‘Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds’, which will go into effect on October 15, 2019.

Tue, Sep 3, 2019

Joint Statement from the President of the United States and the Presidents of the Freely Associated States

The United States of America, the Republic of Palau, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Federated States of Micronesia, as Pacific nations, jointly reaffirm our interest in a free, open, and prosperous Indo-Pacific region. We recognize our unique, historic, and special relationships, and reaffirm our countries’ commitments to the Compacts of Free Association, resolving to continue our close cooperation in support of prosperity, security, and the rule of law.

Tue, May 21, 2019 Tue, May 21, 2019

USCIS Factsheet Updated

Fri, Mar 15, 2019

Status of Citizens of the Freely Associated States of the Federated States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Mon, Apr 13, 2020

President Panuelo Amends Decree Suspending Use of Special Polling Places in Guam & Honolulu; Absentee Ballots Received by March 16, 2021 to be Counted

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Amended Decree

Wed, Feb 24, 2021 Wed, Feb 24, 2021

FAS Letter to Chairman Johnson and Ranking Member McCaskill

FAS Missions in D.C. Continued to Collaborate towards Amending the U.S. REAL ID Act of 2005

Mon, Nov 19, 2018